Updates from September 2, 2005

Several anglers fish the tail of a famous pool, loomed over by a Catskill mountain.

Late-summer wildflowers bloom along a large trout river.

A thick mating swarm of Tricorythodes mayfly spinners hovers the West Branch of the Delaware near Hale Eddy one early fall morning. View the picture full-size and you'll be able to make out the wings and tails on most of those little white dots.

This was one of many such clouds visible all up and down the river. The mayflies were impressive, but the trout did not hold up their end of the bargain -- there was not a rise in sight.